Adams



L. J. ADAMS 8: J. H. ESALE.

' GRAIN MOISTENBR.

Patented Sept. 8, 1868.

@hun f @sind -ffise Letters Patent No. 81,861, dated September 8, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i

Be it known that we, L. J. ADAMS and J. H. ESALE, of Avon, in the county of Fulton, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain-Moisteuers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will lenable others skilled in the artto make and use'the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this-specification, in which- Figure 41 is a vertical detail sectional view,;illus`trating our improvement.

Figure 2 is a top view oi' the same.

Similar lettersof relerence indicate corresponding parts.

Our invention has forits object to meisten and tougbenthe bran of hard or frozen wheat, and soften the berry. s as to raise tho quality of the flour, and facli'tatethe bolting of said flour.,-

It cons-ists lin introducing-a jet of steam into the stream of descending wheat, and in the construction and combination ofthe parts ofthe apparatus by which this is accomplished.

A represents the hopper, intoV which th'e'wheat is introduced from the smut-machine through the spout B. The hopper A is provided with a chute, C, and slide-gate D, by means of which the escape of the wheat from the hopper A isregulated at pleasure.

E represents a steam-boilenwhich may be the ordinary steamlboiler by which the machinery of the mill is driven, or it may be an apparatus designed especially for generating steam for this purpose.

F are pipes leading fromv the boiler E to the hopperA, and which are provided with stop-cocks to sbuto' or regulate the admission 'of the steam, according to' thcrequirements of the wheat to be operated upon.

".lhe pip-e cr pipes F should be slightly inclined, so as to conduct the condensed steam back into the boiler. The forward end of the pipe or pipes F may be provided with u. perforated shield, G to divide the jet'of steam, and also to protectthe end or ends of the steam-pipe from the falling grziin.

H is n. spout, connectedwith the end ofthe pipe F, to receive the drip from the end ofthe said pipe F, and conduct it out of the hopper A.

By this means the berry may be softened, and the bran moistened and toughened, softhct, when ground, the bran may be more easily and thoroughly separated from the tiour, thusraising the quality ofthe our from fifteen to twenty per cent.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Leiters Patent- The combination of the steam-pipe or pipes F, perforated shield-G, and Adrip-pipe or pipes H, with the hopper A, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

' L. J. ADAMS,

iT. H.` ESALE; Witnesses:

THATCHER, NIcKEnsoN, D. H. SMALL. 

